Polymath (n): A person who has extensive knowledge in many different areas
Before we begin with this week’s trivia, I must say that I am very disappointed in all of you. Not a single person turned in their homework assignment! At the end of last week’s post, I mentioned that you should try to create a pangram of your own, but I didn’t get any submissions. For Read More …
In the last trivia post I made, I discussed lipograms, writing something that does not contain a specific letter (or letters). Fans of etymology will note that the word “lipogram” contains the Greek (via PIE) roots for “to leave” and “letter”. Well then, how about the opposite? If we had all the letters, that would Read More …
Hello, yes, it’s me again. I know, I know, I missed last week’s newsletter (don’t worry, you’ll get an extra later). Sometimes it’s difficult to pick a topic to write about for one of these, and so I delay a bit. After all, I know that the real reason you read these is for my Read More …
When it comes to the history of science, we owe a lot to the ancient philosophers who spent their lives debating the nature of the world around them. There were some philosophers who were on the right track, millennia before the evidence vindicated them. For example, Aristarchus of Samos is the first known author to Read More …